Buccleuch family

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The Buccleuch family is a powerful Scottish noble house, headed by the Duke of Buccleuch, long prominent in the Scottish Borders and among the largest private landowners in the United Kingdom.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Buccleuch family canonical 6
Buccleuch Estates Limited 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble family
aristocratic house
associatedClan Clan Scott
associatedCounty Dumfriesshire
Roxburghshire
associatedHouse Montagu Douglas Scott family
surface form: House of Montagu Douglas Scott
associatedRiver River Esk
surface form: River Esk (Scottish Borders)
coatOfArmsFeature arms quartering Scott, Douglas and Montagu elements
country Scotland
currentHead Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch
currentHeadTitle Duke of Buccleuch
economicRole major rural employer in southern Scotland
familyName Scott
historicalOrigin Scottish Borders clan society
historicalReputation powerful Border family
landOwnershipStatus among largest private landowners in the United Kingdom
mergedWith Clan Douglas
surface form: House of Douglas

House of Montagu
nobleRank ducal family
notableActivity agricultural estates
forestry
heritage conservation
land management
notableCulturalAsset House of Buccleuch
surface form: Buccleuch art collection
notableEstate Boughton House
Bowhill House
Dalkeith Palace
Drumlanrig Castle
notableMember Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
surface form: John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch

Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch
notableTitleHeld Duke of Buccleuch
Duke of Queensberry
Earl of Buccleuch
Lord Scott of Buccleuch
peerage Peerage of England
Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of Scotland
politicalInfluence historically influential in British politics
historically influential in Scottish politics
region Scottish Borders
religionTraditionally Church of Scotland
seatOfTitle Buccleuch
traditionalPowerBase Scottish Borders

Referenced by (8)

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Liddesdale historicallyControlledBy Buccleuch family
Drumlanrig Castle ownedBy Buccleuch family
Drumlanrig Castle operatedBy Buccleuch family
this entity surface form: Buccleuch Estates Limited
Dalkeith Country Park ownedBy Buccleuch family
Scott family estateManagement Buccleuch family
this entity surface form: Buccleuch Estates Limited
Boughton House currentOwner Buccleuch family
Boughton House associatedFamily Buccleuch family